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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
BAKING POWDER TESTS.
Analyses of the Chief Brands Sold IN
the South,

The Ohio State Dairy and Food Commits
sIoner, Gen. S. II. Hurst, has made public
(Crcular No. 81 the result of the Commis-
sIon's investigation of baking powders.
This Commission was formed by the Leg
isldture, with instructions to make an
examination OF the food supply of the
State, and 10 give a report of such exami-
nation to the public. The examination of
the baking powders was made by Prof.
IL. A. Weber, State Chemist, and, relating
as it does to an article of daily use in the
iood OF almost every one is Of particular
interest.
The rather startling fact is brought out
by the report that of the thirty different
brands of baking powders analyzed, COM
posing about all the State. twenty of them
are made from alum, substance declared
by the highest medical authorities to be
injurious TO health when used in food.
The Commissioner classities the baking
powders into three general divisions, ac-
cording TO their value:
1st. Cream of Tartar Baking Powders
I'd. Phosphate Baking Powders
Sd. Alum Baking Powders.
The object of baking powders is, when
mixed in the -four and subjected to mois-
ture, to generate leavening gas in the
dough, which will raise the bread and
cause IL TO be porous ana ilght. Inc Com
missioner explains that the best baking
powder is that which, the ingredients be
ing healthful, gives off The largest amount
OF leavening gas aed leaves the smallest
amount OF residuum in the bread. A
small amount Of carbonate OF ammonia,
which is considered healthful, is used in
some of the cream of tartar powders to
give them a higher strength. The Com
mission say that pure alum is undoubtedly
a hurtful salt, and that the resultant salts
from its combination with soda as formed
in the bread, can scarcely be less hurtful.
The report ranks the powders and shows
the amount in each OF inert resultants,
which in using it would appear as resi-
dunn in the bread, as follows:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
THE FRATERNITIES.
Death of Chas. a. Lacoste.
Natchez Democrat.

Natchez Democrat.
1t was with the most profound sorrow
that those of our citizens who knew in
the days of the past, Mr.. Chas. A. La
coste, yesterday heard of his death at
his residence near St. Louis. 1t was the
pleasure of the editor of this paper to be
friend of Mr.. Lacoste when he was one
Of the most prominent men in Natchez,
and to have up to the time of his death
correspondence of the most pleasing
character. In all he wrote Mr.. Lacoste
showed the purest classical ability, and
in all his letters he reverted to the place
OF his former residence with the deep
est interest and the most kindly recollec-
tions.
When resident of Natchez, few men
of the community were more public
pirited than btr. Lacoste, and his re-
narkably clear judgment gave him great
ifiuence in political and public affairs
The clearness of his intellect continued
ip to the last, and the sentiments of the
'ctogenarian were as lucid as when he
ave them expression in his earlier
years.
by all to whom he was known, Chas
4. Lacoste was esteemed and loved, and
'one of those who were his contempora-
eies will hear of his death without the
sincerest sorrow. A good man has
gone to his grave, aud after quiet and
lseful life he sleeps the sleep of the
just.
The deceased was Grand Master of
Masons in Mississippi in 1849, and al
though he has been a nonresident of
tnis State for many years, he has mani
Tested lively interest in all her affairs
On the receipt, last Thursday, of the in
diligence of his death, appropriate tele
srams were sent to the family and to the
raft in Missouri by the Grand Master
nd Grand Secretary Of the Masonic
t5rand Lodge.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
tn Persian Idea Of Christians.

After the usual programme OF
questions, they suggest:
being an Englishman, you are, OF
course a Christian" by which they
mean that am not a mussulman.
Certainly" " Ireply; whereupon they
lug me into one of their wine-shops
and tender me glass of raki Ga cor
ruption of ''arrack" raw fiery spirits
of the kind known among the English
soldiers in India by the suggestive
pseudonym of fixed bayonets. y
Smelling the raki, make wry face
and shove it away; they look surprised
and order the waiter TO bring cognac; to
save the waiter the trouble l make
another wry face, indicative of dis
approval, and suggest that he bring
vishner-su.
"Vishner-sul" two or three of them
sing out in chorus of blank amaze
ment; "Ingilis? Christian? vishner-
SUI they exclaim, as though such a
preposterous and unaccountable thing
as a Christian partaking of a non-in-
toxicating beverage like vishner-su is
altogether beyond their comprehen-
sion. Aroltnd the World on a Bicycle.
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ine hand and asked them to meet her in
heaven. and with tears and sahs. such as
.hose only know who Gaye stood by the
aeathneu OF good old mother. they ail
promised But there was a Young man
OF ls, who had been very wild and rerk-
less, and hard. and proud. and when She
sook nls hand she said: Now, my bov.
1 want you TO promise me before / die
that You VIII become Christina and
meet me m heaven. = The Young man
made no answer, for there was 50 much
ioE hum 10 give up if he made ana Kent
such promise. But the aged mother
persisted in saying:
You won't denv me that hssfora T
60, VII your This parting must not he
forever. Tell me now Won vii, ss,r,,
eIod and meet me in the land wh..rs
mere Is no parting Quaking with
enaotlon he stood, making up |, mind
ana haitlng and hesitating, but at last
ms stubbornness yielded and he threw
ms arms around his mothers neck and
sad; Yes, mother; l will, VIII. =
And as he finished the last word of his
promise her spirit ascended. l thank
God the young man kept his promise.
Yes. he kept it. May God give all
mothers and fathers the gladness cf their
children salvation.
FOR all who are trying TO do their duty
as parents | quote the tremendous mas
sage; Train up child IN the way IN
which he should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it, If through
good discipline and prayer and godly ex-
ample you are acting upon that child.
you have the right TO expect him TO grow
up virtuous. And how many tears of
JOY you will shed when YOU see yo,Ir
child honorable and Just and truthful
and Christian and succesSful--a holy man
amid world of dishonesty, a godly wo-
man IN world of frivolous pretension.
When YOU come TO die they viii gather
to bless your last hours. They will push
back the white locks on your cold fore
head and say: < What good father he
always was TO met They will fold
your hands peacefully and say: Dear
| mother! She is gone. Her troubles are
all over. Don't she look beautiful?''
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
Marrying for Money.

"Who can blame girl il
she does marry for money and posi-
tion?' said a pretty woman to poor
young man. You men sacrifice your
inclination and comfort, your health
and happiness, frequently your honor,
in the struggle for wealth. Are you
ever censured for it as long as you are
not detected in any deed positively
criminal? Yet when a woman takes
her wares to the only market she can
find, and barters them to the highest
bidder, people sneer unpleasantly at
her; and. if the marriage turns out
disastrously, exclaim with positive de-
light: i feel no pity for her. She sold
herself. Women's training and sur
roundings prevent them from making
a name or position for themselves out
side of society. save in cases of excep-
tional ability and determination A
clerk does not refuse to serve an en-
ployer because he may be old, ugly,
and ill-tempered. He gives his time
for stipulated sum- For the same
reason cool-headed women marry
Philadelphia Netcs-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
An Ecvntian Papyrus.

Iepsins. the director of the Egyptian
department of the royal museums OF Ber-
lin, Germany, very famous Egyptolo-
gist, at his death left a remarkable papy-
rus which he had obtained from an
English lady, Miss Westcar. According
to its language it was written about the
seventeenth century before Christ, the
period of the delivery of Egypt from the
rule of the Ayksos (Jews:). 1t measures
nearly two yards In length and is about
fourteen inches high. On one side it con-
tains nine, on the other three, columns of
an average of twenty-six horizontal lines
of writing each. Some parts of the
writing are entirely obliterated, many so
much as to be unreliable. The beginning
and the conclusion are gone entirely.
Nevertheless. the recitals have been read
and sufficiently restored to become intel
hgible.
One of the tales is that King Snofru
was sad of heart, and on the advice of
Zezemonch, the priest and reader to the
king. had a boat manned BY twenty
beautiful oarswomen and went on voy-
age. One of the women happened to
drop a precious jewel of malachite into
the sea, and was so overwhelmed with
boat came TO standstilL The king was
dismayed. But Zezemonch raised one
half of the waters of the lake and clapped
it on top of the other half, leaving half of
the bottom of the Lake dry, descended
and brought up the jewel, and the boat
resumed its journey. Another legend OF
the papyrus says the god of the sun. Re,
had triplets by Reddedet, the wife of the
priest Rawose7, who, he decreed, should
dethrone the Egyptian dynasty and rule
In its stead. But one of Retleddet's s
maids went to the king. Chufu (Cheops),
and tells him what has happened, and
that the gods have already given to the
boys three diadems of gold Then Dedi,
the kings magician, engulfs the country
in fearful inundation, destroying every
thing except the three hoys, who are
saved by Re. So, it seems, neither the
emperor Of China, nor Hercules. nor
Romulus and Renus, were the first sons
Of the gods bearing rule on earth Chi
cago News
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
ruosruAr1c BAKING powpEss.
orsford's. s......-....... ....-,...----'
heat. .-...--..'------'..-'-l
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.

The large amount OF inert matter or res
iduum in both the phosphate and alum
powders will be noted. Fhis In the phos-
phate nowders is largely Of lime; in the
alum powders it is chiefly alum. 1t will
be gratifying to the public to observe that
the powder In most general use, the Royal,
is also the purest. In comparing the nfst
two powders on the list, for instance-the
Royal and DIR. Prices the inert matter IN
Prices Is seen to be about FIVE in seven
more than in the former, a difference ol
Il 81 per cent, the Royal Desng puiei
than Prices by corresponding igure. ],
The carbonic or leavening gas produced
by the powders indicate their strength !;
and their true value may be ascertained
by considering the amount OF this gas -
,s,nnacIion with their inert matter or resi-
dunn as shown above. The higher the
percentage Of gas and the lower the per-
centage Of residuam, the better the oaking I;
powder, inese ps tsn;l;sr nowders. are
~; SON 40 follows:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
The Marvels of Mud.


l never tire of examining through
the microscope some bit of ocean mud.
for in it ! am constantly finding some
remarkable form of shell. They are
often spined, sometimes they are as
chinaware; at times they are pure
white. then again they are banded and
striped with every hue of the rainbow.
1t seems a pity that such beauties
should be so small and hidden so far
from the eyes of men. On this great
bed of mud the most remarkable crea-
lures live in vast numbers. There are
serpent like star fishes, beautiful
branching corals, ugly black fishes,
pure white ''sea cucuinbers:" bright
pink, purple and red sea anemQnes,
and a host of other creatures. The
fishes are always strange and uncouth,
with huge mouths ana &t.anachs all in
one, but with the tail hardly notice
able When the fishes Sra brought to
the surface their air isladders and
stomachs protrude FROM; fheir mouths,
their eyes bulge out, aI:i the blood is
forced through the kin. Life has
been crushed out of them by the sud
den change of pressure, the gases
within having burst the tissues and
body walls asunder The tremendous
pressure of the water was well shown
by lowering an empty bottle, which
was crushed to atoms. Hartford Cour-
ant
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
.enee 81 HE CLAKIos
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 1887.

WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 1887.
Among the prominent Democratic
members of the House who have arrived
at the Capitol, / may mention the Hon.
r. p. Bland, of Missouri, who is often
referred to as "Silver Bland" on account
of the leading part taken by him in the
legislation that authorized the coinage
of the "dolIar of our daddies," and also
because he is On all occasions the stead
fast friend and champion of silver. Mr..
Bland gives his views as to the probable
course of legislation in the Fiftieth
Congress. He thinks compromise
tariff bill will pass, and that it will in
clude the repeal of the tobacco tax; he
believes that the tariff should be reduced
to 800, 100000; the free list should be
largely increased and there should be
reduction of duties on other imports.
He thinks there will be no financial
legislation except in so far as tariff
legislation affects the finances.
The question of changing the time of
the meeting of Congress, is again, as
well as the terms of the members, being
agitated, and there are numberless ad-
vocates in the affirmative, while on the
other hand, the dissentients can be
counted on ones fingers. | have yet to
see convincing reason why Congress
should meet, as it does at present, thir-
teen months after the election of its
members, but, ON the contrary, there
are many grave objections to the system
now in vogue, among which | may
mention that congressman should come
fresh from the people; that their sue
cessors should not be elected until the
incumbents serve out their first term !;
that the present custom is antagonistic
to the progressive spirit of the age.
Congress now meets on the first Monday
in December, and before that body gets
fairly to work, an adjournment for the
holidays is in order. Why should not
Congressman, like most other elective
officials, begin their duties on the first
of the year and be paid per annum.
A Treasury clerk has caused no little
perturbation in that department by in
venting a new counting machine, which,
if it works as successful as the expert
ment promises, will do the work of six
persons better than they can do it.
And that is what carries sorrow to the
souls of the charming ''countesses,
large number of whom are operating
the old machine at compensation OF
from S1.50 to 81 per day. Nor will the
enterprising inventor be benefited pecu
niarily, as he invented the machine
while in Government service. So he
gets not one cent for his ingenuity.
Tne air is full of rumors of coming
Cabinet changes-whether unfounded
or not your correspondent is unable to
say-to the effect that upon the transfer
of Secretary Lamar to the Supreme
Bench, Postmaster General Villas will
occupy the vacancy, while the Wiscon-
sin statesman will be succeeded by Don
NJ. Dickinson, of Michigan. On the
other hand, it is said to be the Presi-
dents purpose to appoint prominent
Union General as Mr.. Lamar's sue
cessor, and if this be true, | believe his
cnolce VIII IdfI upon Gen. JONI y.
Black, Commissioner of Pensions.
CAS-.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
FLoRAL CONE.

lar The soil should not reach quite SO
,ar ont as the periphery of the shelf that
hoids It, The soil is watered by inserting
the lobg spout of a can between the SOIL
and the shelf above it. Holes are bored
around the center of each shelf, TO allow
the water to drain through The lower
shelf is planted in something that will
droop to the ground. Here the seeds are
planted on the level surface from tne
edge back three or four inches. Above
TINS the seeds are planted not only on the
leVeI surface, but also on the lncnned
outer surface. Annuals are the best, ana
one may select to suit his own fancy
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
n.cr rnn nAxpLrSe sHocK corr.

Make the sills OF bed pieces of poles or
n .canuinEs twelve feet long. Nail On
t5r4a stiff boards about thirty inches long
f1r cross pieces. One of these should be
an the under side, and the other two on
too about three feet apart; fasten on legs
6rroly about three feet from the ends. In
Dsipt fl % shock is laid across the rack,
and a man or boy may stand on each side
M the corn between the side pieces of the
r,rk and throw the ears on one side and
tbe stalks on the other. This rack is
often handy to carry the fodder on when
feeding it. or when putting it in larger
shocks after hUsking.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
A MILITARY Revolt in china.

The Chinese frontier town of Dub
lashan was short time ago frightened
by a military revolt. Four officers, with
one general, We're killed, and three forts
set ON fire. The commander-in-chieff fled
to the lakes. The panic was indescriba-
ble Although the mutineers had not
touched anybody or anything in the city
the entire population took to flight and
the governor of the neighboring Russian
posts made ready to meet an attack if
the Chinese should pursue the townsfolk.
But they did not. They seized all the
provisions and every cent of money they
could find in the barracks and decamped.
Chicago News.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16

WE are reminded OF the case of a
souug married man who was induced
Join our Order, and after he had
become a scarlet degree member he
.ttended his lodge but once, and then
MY after frequent solicitations on the
part of the brother who proposed his
name. Some time afterwards he was
met by the brother, who was consider
ably chagrined at his laxity as a new
member, and taxed with his lukewarm-
uess, whereupon he turned to his bene-
iactoT and pointing to an embiematic
pin on his vest representing another
order said that he was a member of that
organization now and that it demanded
his whole attention at present and that
he was sorry that he had not joined it
first instead of the Odd-FellOws. That
was all he had to say ON the subject.
Nothing more was heard or seen of this
new brother until months afterward,
when he was reported to his lodge as
being seriously i'll. That was more than
two years ago, since which time he has
been carefully nursed and cared for by
the brothers whom he rejected, and bids
fair TO be for years to come, as he suffers
from chronic ailment beyond the skill
of medical science.-Southern Odd Eel
low.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
Es.rreIing Apples.

B1Tel,d apples are frequently sent long
distance bg uil pr other transportation.
and the constant Iolting and rough hand
ling bruises the fruit if not securely
hacked Hence it is advisable when fill
ing barrels, at every addition OF half
ba-hel of fruit, to gently shake the barrel,
ard thus secure close packing. Fill the
barrel So that quite a number Of apples
win be above the level Of the upper part,
then place Ga the head. above which lay
BIT Of plank that win easily fit within the
end Of tho barrel and press the head to
is original position by one of the many
methods used for the purpose
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16


AN exchange furnishes the following
good advice to the presiding officers of
lodges, which we heartily endorse and
commend to all presiding officers:
Encourage criticism, not swapping
and fault-fnding, but pleasant, good
natured indication of errors, in cere-
monial work or the presentation of busi
ness. These criticisms not only produce
greater harmony of work in the lodge,
but they are valuable lessons to the
younger members, which will perhaps
prevent them from subsequently blum
dering in public. Insist that yerything
hat is worth doing is worth doing well.
Don't be discouraged if you have
AIssker In yOuI lvdgr. Dvrs's *@s
much time on HIM Don't worry about
him, let him do the worrying. He is
built that way and can't help it. AS
rule the kicker is more to be pitied than
blamed. He is very exasperating at
times it is true. He will misrepresent
YOUR best motives and misunderstood
YOUR best plans. But it won't pay you
to fight him. That's about the only
hing that will make him happy, and
however sincerely you may desire his
happiness, your duty to yourselI ana
the order demand that you shall put
your force where it will do most good.
Force III action produces either friction
or momentum. Don't expend any of
yours in producing friction. Let the
kicker have monopoly of that. Don't
hesitate to amend your policy, even at
the suggestion of the kicker, if his sug-
gestion is good, but keep the straight
course marked out, without swervlng.
Win the confidence of the membership
by doing what you believe to be right
without regard to consequences. Neither
coax nor fight the kicker, but treat him
kindIy and friendly, and ten to one, he
will be your friend before you get
through the term"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
Attractive Arrangement for Flowers.

The floral cone is a pretty ornament for
the conservatory or window garden.
American Garden gave recently an illus
trated description of one, which is here
reproduced for the benefit of our readers.
The cut shows the construction and fin
ished side Four circular shelves are
arranged one above another for founda-
ton, the diameter Of the same depending
upon individual taste. A convenient size
Tor the cone is got by making the lower
Shelf Y inches from the ground and the
shelves 10 inches apart from center to
center. with the stand for the pot s inches
above the highest shelf Allowing for
pot inches high and Cor the plant in it
to project inches above it, the height of
the cone viii be 81 inches. For this
height the lowest should be about 80
inches in diameter; the next higher, 33
inches; the next, p inches, and the high
est Is. The spaces between the shelves
are filed with soil, much as 4 pot
would be filled. First is a layer
OF coarse gravel or broken croekery and
charcoal and then mold within two or
three inches Of the next shelf The
shelves are properly braced to bear the
weight put upon them. The outer sur
lace OF the soil is made in the direction of
the Shelf just above, except on the lower
shelt; on this the surface is perpendicu-
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swindIers of China.

The native merchants of China are said
to be inveterate swindlers. 4 foreign
dealer at Tientsin recently contracted for
1. 500 bales of camel's wool. guaranteed
free from dirt and Sand. When the isrst
installment had passed through the clean
ing machine 35 per cent. of its gross
weight was found to be sand and gravel.
and besides that the wool had been wet
to make the dirt stick in and also to make
It heavier. Foreign Letter.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-16
what Royalty Wrote ON PATHS Fan.

Mime. Patti has fan on which are
the autographs of all the sovereigns of
Europe Here is selection of some:
The Car, Nothing is SO soothing as
your singing" The emperor of Ger
many. ITO the ever-singing nightin-
gale.p Queen Christina, ITO the Span
fsh woman from a4,ueen who is proud
to have her for subject Queen
Victoria, IF King Lear IS right in say
ing that "a sweet voice is precious
gift in a woman you are the richest
of women" The emperor and empress
of Austria have meraly signed. ~.
Theirs, at the time he was president 81
stretch forth my hand 70 thee. Hfss<ss
Figaro.
A man may be able to paint town
red from end To end, and yet pessrs&
none 81 the cardinal virtues -t'~
linqton Free Press.